PROFILE

Aschwin van der Woude

FINLAND

SUMMARY

Agile, Lean, Project and change management are my major areas of interest. My general approach is to focus on the people involved, and help them succeed by exploring areas of improvement and continuously finding solution that work better. This same principle is also applied when dealing with whole organisations, where I also use my insight and expertise in Agile and Lean to find bottlenecks and suitable solutions.Another important principle I follow, is based on the recognition how critical a shared purpose is to an organisation. I believe, that the road to success for any company is to connect its purpose with what the organisation does and how it does it. Only then does the company become truly focused, and deliver what the customer truly needs. Furthermore, such shared focus can also potentially unlock the gift of creativity from the people involved in the organisation, leading to more innovative thinking in the organisation.If you believe that this is what your organisation needs, don't hesitate to contact me.Specialties: Agile coaching, Agile management. Project management, Leadership

EXPERIENCE

Mind Offer

2015 April - Present

Managing Director / Chairman of the Board of Directors / Co-founder

Turku ,FINLAND

Managing, directing and growing the Mind Offer cooperative after founding it with a bunch of highly skilled, very nice and energetic people.

Turku University of Applied Sciences

2012 September - 2012 December

Guest lecturer and Agile coach

Turku ,FINLAND

Coaching students in the use and understanding of Agile methods and giving lectures on the topic. Work with students developing business plans, both in a simulated environment (practice enterprise) and for real-world use (Spin-off factory). I also actively coach their team-leaders to develop their teams and provide the necessary basis to understands concepts such as motivation, leadership and management.

Raseko

2012 September - 2012 December

Agile/Lean management consultant

Raisio ,FINLAND

Coaching the IT manager in Raseko to centralise their IT operations into a single IT department while introducing and using Lean/Agile principles and processes.

Mind Offer

2008 May - 2008 September

Private Entrepreneur

Turku ,FINLAND

Through my company I offer services around Open Source and Linux technologies, this includes both strategic consulting as well as technological consulting.

Tieto

2009 January - 2011 November

Project/Programme Manager

Helsinki ,FINLAND

Project management of an interesting and challenging multi-site multi-cultural project and a programme to increase Tieto's competence in specific technologies.